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Musa Okwonga

@okwonga.bsky.social
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Author, musician. Co-founder and co-host of the Stadio football podcast. musaokwonga.com

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 1h
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
“It’s hard to admit this from a modern perspective, but historical fascism’s lust for violence didn’t make it repulsive but extremely attractive to a lot of German voters. And we are seeing similar things with the AfD today, where fantasies of violent retribution seem to be integral to campaign events on market squares…If the AfD is voted into power, one of the most highly advanced economies in the world could experience something similar to what happened in Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 1h
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
“It’s hard to admit this from a modern perspective, but historical fascism’s lust for violence didn’t make it repulsive but extremely attractive to a lot of German voters. And we are seeing similar things with the AfD today, where fantasies of violent retribution seem to be integral to campaign events on market squares…If the AfD is voted into power, one of the most highly advanced economies in the world could experience something similar to what happened in Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
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raycorrigan.bsky.social @raycorrigan.bsky.social · 2h
"events almost got us to armageddon, not caused by “rogue, superintelligent AI”, but by government reliance on error-prone systems that are marketed by their manufacturers as being close to superintelligent." @emilymbender.bsky.social & @timnitgebru.blacksky.app Worry about credulous idiots...
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 3h
Who is this technology "protecting"? Who is surveilling and who is paying the cost? There is still not enough research about refugees and technology. The research is being discussed at conferences, universities etc. "The human touch" is missing. There are human beings on the other side.
Smart Borders. And other text that is not legible.
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 3h
Happening now. At our "Lampedusa keeps on happening" event, @meron.bsky.social is telling us the stories of the people who perished. The stories of the human beings behind the statistics. You can still join us by registering at us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Meron, with a photo of an Eritrean woman and her children. With a caption that says "Helen, who died alongside her youngest three children in Lampedusa."
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Faytuks Network @faytuksnetwork.bsky.social · 4h
Ethiopia closes its embassy in Eritrea and declares 10 Eritrean diplomats in Addis Ababa persona non grata, giving them 48 hours to leave
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James Dart @jamesdart.bsky.social · 9h
Asked to respond to whether his team were 'not German enough' or 'not white enough', Klopp said there was no point in giving room to 'such people and their utterances', adding: 'I have little time in everyday life for idiocy'. Story: @kateconnolly.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Jürgen Klopp disgusted by claims his Germany team are ‘not white enough’
Jürgen Klopp has reacted with disgust to a social media debate questioning whether the Germany team he is in the process of forming are ‘white enough’
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 12h
Manchester City cheated Premier League rules, the Commission found. Did it also cheat HMRC? We've examined the decision and leaked Mancini documents. We think City likely failed to pay £12m in tax. There should be a criminal investigation. Thread:
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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 13h
Man City’s Emirati chair was granted diplomatic immunity 6 yrs ago in a move that could complicate any legal action resulting from findings that the club artificially inflated its finances by more than £900mn - scoop by Caroline Binham @journosooz.bsky.social as.ft.com/r/d717fb9e-2...
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 9h
What's the stupidest joke you most have to fight the urge to tell? Mine is not replying to questions about whether I have any allergies with 'we'll find out together, I guess'.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 11h
We're repeatedly told that asylum seekers pose a threat to the good people of our country... Reading about the threatening and violent treatment of elderly and open minded locals in Crowborough I get the impression that the real threat comes from closer to home. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
On Facebook and other platforms, people
who are known to support the asylum
seekers have been threatened with acid
attacks, petrol bombs and rape. The dossier.
which has been seen by the Guardian, also
claims that several local businesses have
been threatened by far-right agitators, along
with a church where some asylum seekers
worship. One man was punched in the throat
after he held up a "Love Thy Neighbour"
sign, while an elderly couple were falsely
accused of supporting sex offenders. In yet
another case, a 92-year-old church volunteer
was reportedly woken at 3am for two nights
in a row by a man standing outside her
home, shining a torch through her window
and shouting abuse
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
this one is apparently nearly sold out! but the one I was meant to be doing that evening in Canterbury is off due to lack of interest. in conclusion, Jonn Elledge is a land of contrasts.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
But also this heroine: "Cereese Qusba, 22, a senior and reporter for The Sun, couldn’t shake her concerned curiosity about the case. This month...Ms. Qusba was ready to hit publish on her investigation, which was 23 months in the making."
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Students at Cornell Daily Sun Pursued Sexual Assault Case for Two Years
The student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun, covered the allegations of rape at a fraternity party since they were first made in 2024 and led the reporting on the case.
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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One of Britain's leading allies in the Middle East has apparently spent years systematically desecrating one of the most treasured parts of our national culture. Sportswashing was supposed to make it easier for states like the UK to support regimes like the UAE. Clearly this does the opposite.
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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Yes. Although…. *looks at British political discourse, shudders* My fear is what he got in return.
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www.slowtravelberlin.com @slowberlin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Prenzlauer Berg on Thursday at 2pm. Friedrichshain October 8th (time TBC). Contact and info: www.slowtravelberlin.com/tours
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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026
fucking hell
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Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 30/09/2026
A friend of mine was raped by football players at one of our college’s frat house in 1998. She went through the internal system, which exonerated the men and accused and blamed her. We wanted her to bring charges and a court case… but she was so broken by then. She dropped out. Burn it all down.
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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
My new post: “After Cornell: if you’re a boy or man who wants to talk to that guy friend about his abuse.” If of interest, please share. www.musaokwonga.com/takes/after-...
If a girl or woman tells you that a boy or man in your circle of friends has abused them, then here are some suggestions as to how you can talk to that boy or man. First, you can set a time and a place to talk to him. Don’t let him set it, because he’s used to having control. If you’re worried he’ll get violent with you, do it over the phone. If you’re worried he’ll try to sit down with you and charm you round to “his side of the story”, do it over the phone. Next, work out how long you want the conversation to be. Short is better - fifteen or twenty minutes is plenty enough. That will help you to keep your composure while he loses his.
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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They've gone full 'shouting at the judge, claiming to be a sovereign citizen while clutching a carrier bag full of loose papers'. *Never* go full 'shouting at the judge, claiming to be a sovereign citizen while clutching a carrier bag full of loose papers'.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Another thing about fraternities is that the hazing rituals where slightly older young men would physically, mentally emotionally and sometimes even sexually abuse slightly younger young men have always disturbed and upset me greatly. And it’s really telling that I’ve seen men defend those too
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Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Good article with the correct amount of @laragreaves.bsky.social touching on the self-selective nature of the recent exodus: You leave cos of no jobs, & everything NZers are traditionally proud of when abroad is being destroyed, while suffering as a migrant under rising xenophobia now infecting NZ.
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
'More than 400 people, most of them children, have been detained in France on Tuesday after teenagers across the country blockaded their schools in protest at class sizes, teacher shortages and long timetables.'
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Hundreds detained as student protests across France turn violent
More than 400 detained as police and students clash over class sizes, exhausting timetables and staff shortages
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Stanis Elsborg @staniselsborg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
With the breaking news about Manchester City's cheating, I think its time to make all of you aware of this group of people! The City case underlines the value of persistent investigative journalism. Great initiative by @philippeauclair.bsky.social go.bsky.app/6oxTr7j
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Laurie Laker @laurielaker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
From "unhappy at Madrid" to "Premier League winning captain of Arsenal Football Club" and coming from truly decent stock. Øh captain, my captain.
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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
step-by-step @dieworkwear.bsky.social had convinced me utterly that tight-fitting men's suits that has been the rage over the last decade has been a terrible fashion mistake -- uncomfortable, unflattering, vehicle for a semiotics of toxic masculinity but then I see this
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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward
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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Belgium 0 - France 2 (Olise 88' Zidane 89')
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
For me, the hardest thing about stories like the Cornell gang rape case isn’t reading the initial details—although that is hard. What’s even harder is when men online, especially the journalists and pundits, start trying to combat the feminist outrage by purposefully seeding doubt and victim-blaming
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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A coach celebrating a goal with perfect shooting technique, it can’t top this. Football has peaked.
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
this is the rape culture btw. the one women have been warning you about, and were told we were hysterical and over-sensitive and couldn't take a joke, and that rape allegations ruin men's lives, and now we live in a meritocracy where the only "merit" is who has hurt the most women
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Lindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Of course he is. Abusers convention in D.C. presiding over the health of our most vulnerable people. Rape. Culture.
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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Cannot get over the beauty of this GIF: it’s Zidane celebrating last night after Olise scored a last minute winner for France. It looks like something from a movie or a high-end fashion advert. Probably the most elegant footballer of all time.
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AFN1982 @afn1982.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
it's curious that both Pirlo and Iniesta have both gone on to winemaking, and both would deservingly fit in an all-time all-around midfield with Zizou as the most elegant midfield ever
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Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The fact that he's wearing what look like leather-soled shoes and still balanced his weight perfectly to avoid a slide-and-glide straight onto his rear end adds to the skill level.
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Ros @hurricaneros.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
it you
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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I’m just sort of done with poor social skills. I’ll tolerate almost anything from friends, but if you’re a total stranger and your opening gambit is rudeness, why would I not just walk away?
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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just blocking accounts freely these days. Wish I’d done so years ago. Why give strangers the chance to insult you twice?
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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Cannot get over the beauty of this GIF: it’s Zidane celebrating last night after Olise scored a last minute winner for France. It looks like something from a movie or a high-end fashion advert. Probably the most elegant footballer of all time.
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Zecharias Zelalem @zekuzelalem.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wrote on Ethiopia's war for The @telegraph.co.uk newspaper. Interviewed residents of the Tigrayan capital of Mekele, where war looms large, as well as Fano rebel commander Asres Mare Damtie. Residents describe stocking up on supplies and withdrawing cash months before war broke out.
telegraph.co.uk
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Stella @lecieldeparis.eurosky.social · 29/09/2026
33.771 Menschen
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 29/09/2026
Reuters got some of the IPO docs. Anthropic is a total dog of a company. Spent $12.6bn to make $4.6bn in revenue in 2025, $7.33bn of which was compute costs. Operating loss of $8bn. Losses getting worse year over year. Amazing stuff www.reuters.com/business/fin...
Summary
Companies
• Anthropic IPO could value the company at more than $2
trillion
• Anthropic lost $42 billion in 2025
• Al lab spent $7.33 billion on compute and infrastructure last year
• Operating loss widened to $8.06 billion in 2025 from $2.98 billion in 2024
• Execs, industry analysts have expressed concerns over harms of Al tech
Sept 28 (Reuters) - Anthropic is making a massive bet that Al will transform the global economy more profoundly than industrialization, electricity and the internet, according to its IPO prospectus seen by Reuters.
But the cost to get there will be staggering. Anthropic reported a net loss of $42 billion in 2025, and plans to spend $518 billion on cloud, computing and infrastructure obligations in coming year, according to the
prospectus.
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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I've only ever heard the song. I HAD NEVER SEEN THE OUTFITS OH MY GOD THEY ARE INCREDIBLE!!!
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Rufo literally offered a bounty to anyone who could produce a video of Haitians eating dogs. He got nothing. So he found a video of Congolese men grilling chicken and tried to claim they were cooking cats.
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Andrew Schreck @andrewschreck.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
i don't think cis guys realize how much power they can shift in a conversation just by casually telling their friends
"that's fucked up, man" when someone says something
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Reuters @reuters.com · 28/09/2026
New York state prosecutors have reopened an investigation into an alleged 2024 gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity house, a district attorney confirmed, after a civil lawsuit filed this month by the alleged victim sparked renewed outrage reut.rs/4ykijE1
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Prosecutors reopen investigation into alleged 2024 gang rape at Cornell University
New York state prosecutors have reopened an investigation into an alleged 2024 gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity house, a district attorney confirmed on Monday, after a civil lawsuit filed ...
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
What fantastic news
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Who Broke The Wifi 🇨🇦 @whobrokethewifi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Jurgen Klopp's legacy at Liverpool will age like fine wine. The "he only won one title" critique no longer carries any weight that matters, if it ever really did
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Mona Eltahawy @monaeltahawy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My new essay: When the most powerful man in the country is a sexual predator who mainlines misogyny, he gives a blaring, glaring greenlight to men everywhere that they can treat us like shit and face no accountability. I call it Trickle-Down Misogyny. substack.com/@feministgia...
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Mona Eltahawy (@feministgiant)
My new essay: When the most powerful man in the country is a sexual predator who mainlines misogyny, he gives a blaring, glaring greenlight to men everywhere that they can treat us like shit and face ...
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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"the impact boils down to the finest margins in English football history. Under Jurgen Klopp, Liverpool constructed teams capable of recording 97 points and 92 points, only to finish second both times by a single point...under Brendan Rodgers, Liverpool missed out on the title by two points."
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